Skills management
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Skills management is the practice of understanding, developing and deploying people and their skills. Well-implemented skills management should identify the skills that job roles require, the skills of individual employees, and any gap between the two.
The skills involved can be defined by the organization or by third party institutions. They are usually defined in terms of a skills framework, also known as a competency framework or skills matrix. This consists of a list of skills, and a grading system, with a definition of what it means to be at particular level for a given skill.[1] In some cases, organizations can also use mutual feedback and assessments to crowdsource the calculation of skills.[2] Organizations use skills matrices to make informed decisions about hiring, team composition, succession planning, and employee development.[3]
To perform management functions and assume multiple roles, managers must be skilled. Robert Katz identified three managerial skills essential to successful management: technical, human, and conceptual.[4]
